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Re: Re: Macworld 2006



Thanks ... good luck !

Chris


noel_pilot wrote:

> Server number one is going to be pretty much just a media server, will
> hold all my ripped movies and i'll probably run itunes as a simple way
> of distributing all my music to various terminals around the house
> i.e. other computers running itunes all sharing from central one.
>
> Soon as I find a way of getting a pc to see iphoto shares then im
> really laughing :)
>
> Then im going to be looking for a geovision server at some point and
> something to do home automation but thats some way off yet! the media
> one essentially i have now i just havent raided it yet or got it in
> the case I want yet!!
>
> Noel
>
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@d...> wrote:
> >
> >  >when I move into my own house and can relegate the pc to
being just a
> > server ...
> >
> >
> > Noel -
> >
> > 'curious to know what sort of things you'd use the server for ...
?
>   We
> > still have our old now ancient IIfx sitting about, and it would
be nice
> > to put it to use ... 40MHz but zero wait-state, so it's not too
bad ...
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > noel_pilot wrote:
> >
> > > Fair enough!  I was on Panther for about 8 months before
upgrading to
> > > Tiger, in all fairness I don't nail my ibook intensively
like I know
> > > some friends do who are also into music production.  I know
a number
> > > of them are still on Panther largely I believe to software
issues if
> > > they upgrade to Tiger.
> > >
> > > I think as and when I get back into my video editing and
production
> > > then maybe I'll see some limitations but for me its been
like rock!
> > >
> > > currently im loving the top slogan on apple.com
> > >
> > > "What's an intel chip doing in a mac?......A lot more
than it ever did
> > > in a pc!!"
> > >
> > > My next computer will definitely be an imac.  That'll be
when I move
> > > into my own house and can relegate the pc to being just a
server,
> > > starting to make a list of currently PC only tasks then i
can look
> > > into ways of making them doable on the mac.  Some things
like making a
> > > quick cd image for an audio cd then importing it into itunes
(i.e.
> > > when downloading music that hasnt been titled and artisted)
I can't
> > > figure out how to do on the mac, similarly with dvd ripping,
nothing
> > > quite as good as dvd shrink for my mind!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Noel
> >
> >
> > > > aashram
> > > >
> > > > Its not really a debate :-)
> > > >
> > > > Have you used panther? I know many ppl that have gone
back to
> panther.
> > > > Tiger is pretty much agreed within pro mac users as
being sluggish
> > > compared to other osx releases. Maybe it is the spotlight
nonsense or
> > > dashboards who knows but we end up having to disable it.
> > > >
> > > > I use Mac in a recording studio environment and have
used all the
> > > releases of OSX and tiger was a disappointment (pretty much
the
> > > consensus amongst users). Don't get me wrong its still
beautiful.
> With
> > > each release after tiger things have got better hoping
10.4.4 is no
> > > exception
> >
> >
> > > > noel_pilot
> > > > Sent: 10 January 2006 20:51
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Macworld 2006
> > > >
> > > > Way too buggy???!! Not trying to start a big debate
here but i'm
> > > > intrigued.  I used most up to date tiger on my G4 ibook
and its
> > > > brilliant! Almost crashes and when it does its only
individual
> > > > programs not the whole lot! LOL
> > > >
> > > > be intrigued what probs you having?
> > > > cheers
> >
> >
> > > > > aashram
> > > > >
> > > > > I am eager to go mac fulltime but tiger is way too
buggy and not
> > > their best version.
> > > > > I eagerly await leopard
> >
> >
> > > > > Mark McCall
> > > > > Sent: Tue 10/01/2006 11:56
> > > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Macworld 2006
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Macworld 2006
> > > > >
> > > > > Looking forward to the Jobs presentation tonight. 
It was last
> > > years one
> > > > > that led me to buy the Mac mini.
> > > > >
> > > > > After watching the Gates keynote, MS should be so
embarressed with
> > > > > everything they showed for Vista, all of it was
done in OS X a
> > > year ago.
> > > > >
> > > > > However MS have a couple of years run on Apple in
the Media
> Centre
> > > stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > > M
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